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Publication Date: December 2008
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Author(s):
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Medicaid; funding; recession
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This policy brief discusses several short-term options for strengthening Medicaid at time when the economic recession has increased demand for the program and constrained state budgets. It details potential steps such as increasing federal funding, easing enrollment barriers and temporarily expanding coverage.